Causes | Effects |
Visual impact | changes to the landscape and visual scenario in the surrounding context of the wind farm |
Territorial impact | wind farms modify the ground but not the visual impact so much (so that it is always possible to restore the original sites), allowing crops and usual agricultural practices |
Noise impact | it is mainly due to the movement of the rotors of the wind turbines which generates noise especially at the ends of the blades |
Electromagnetic disturbances | it is due to the presence of big rotors, but they are restricted only to surrounding areas of the wind farm and they mainly concern interference with radio waves |
Interaction with the birds and migratory | integration of wind farms in areas with high wildlife interest (especially wetlands) in which there are birds considered protected or endangered species and migratory routes |